On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

A supernova is an explosion that is part of the stellar evolution of certain kinds of stars. The remnants of Supernova 1987A, which exploded in 1987, has a “string of pearls” formed by clumps of ...

Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A) represents the remains of a huge cosmic explosion that ripped apart a massive star and left behind a neutron star ringed by stellar material. It's located in a satellite ...

Mar 13, 2024: Explaining a supernova's 'string of pearls' (Nanowerk News) Physicists often turn to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability to explain why fluid structures form in plasmas, but that may not be ...

Supernova 1987A represents the remains of an exploded star that once had a mass around 8 to 10 times that of the sun. It is located around 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a ...

Decades after the dazzling spectacle of the 1987 supernova captured the world's attention, NASA's Webb Space Telescope has finally unraveled the mystery, confirming the transformation of the star ...

In the study, the team looked at Supernova (SN) 1987A. This well known supernova occurred 160,000 light-years from Earth in a region called the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Super Duper With the help of the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have figured out a mystery at the heart of a supernova that's been decades in the making. As Space.com reports, Supernova 1987A, ...

As Space.com reports, Supernova 1987A, so named for the year it was discovered here on Earth, exploded so brightly after its death that for more than 30 years, scientists weren't sure whether it ...

Nearly forty years ago residents of Earth were treated to a rare cosmic sight: an exploding star in our sky that was visible to the naked eye. Called Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), it was the closest ...

Supernova 1987A – located in a neighbouring dwarf galaxy – has been observed for more than three decades. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.